Flowers

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A cytonuclear incompatibility causes anther sterility in Mimulus hybrids. 
  • A simple genetic incompatibility causes hybrid male sterility in mimulus. 
  • A simple method for computing exact probabilities of mutation numbers. 
  • Altered trans-regulatory control of gene expression in multiple anthocyanin genes contributes to adaptive flower color evolution in Mimulus aurantiacus. 
  • Analysis of a chalcone synthase mutant in Ipomoea purpurea reveals a novel function for flavonoids: amelioration of heat stress. 
  • Anther-stigma separation is associated with inbreeding depression in Datura stramonium, a predominantly self-fertilizing annual. 
  • Arabidopsis CAND1, an unmodified CUL1-interacting protein, is involved in multiple developmental pathways controlled by ubiquitin/proteasome-mediated protein Degradation. 
  • Arabidopsis lox3 lox4 double mutants are male sterile and defective in global proliferative arrest. 
  • Close clustering of anthers and stigma in Ipomoea hederacea enhances prezygotic isolation from Ipomoea purpurea. 
  • Comment on "Evolutionary paths underlying flower color variation in Antirrhinum". 
  • Competition for hummingbird pollination shapes flower color variation in Andean solanaceae. 
  • Contribution of chromosomal polymorphisms to the G-matrix of Mimulus guttatus. 
  • Control of meristem determinacy by trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatases is uncoupled from enzymatic activity. 
  • Cytokinins can act as suppressors of nitric oxide in Arabidopsis. 
  • Della proteins and gibberellin-regulated seed germination and floral development in Arabidopsis. 
  • Divergence in How Genetic Pathways Respond to Environments. 
  • Divergent selection on flowering time contributes to local adaptation in Mimulus guttatus populations. 
  • Ecological divergence associated with mating system causes nearly complete reproductive isolation between sympatric Mimulus species. 
  • Ecological transition predictably associated with gene degeneration. 
  • Effects of plant sex on range distributions and allocation to reproduction. 
  • Effects of variation at the flower-colour A locus on mating system parameters in Ipomoea purpurea. 
  • Environmental aridity is associated with cytotype segregation and polyploidy occurrence in Brachypodium distachyon (Poaceae). 
  • Experimental evidence that selection favors character displacement in the ivyleaf morning glory. 
  • Explaining the heritability of an ecologically significant trait in terms of individual quantitative trait loci. 
  • FKF1 F-box protein mediates cyclic degradation of a repressor of CONSTANS in Arabidopsis. 
  • Five anthocyanin polymorphisms are associated with an R2R3-MYB cluster in Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae). 
  • Flower bats (Glossophaga soricina) and fruit bats (Carollia perspicillata) rely on spatial cues over shapes and scents when relocating food. 
  • Functional analysis of SPINDLY in gibberellin signaling in Arabidopsis. 
  • Functional evolution of an anthocyanin pathway enzyme during a flower color transition. 
  • Gene duplication in Mimulus underlies parallel floral evolution via independent trans-regulatory changes. 
  • Gene loss and parallel evolution contribute to species difference in flower color. 
  • Genetic changes contributing to the parallel evolution of red floral pigmentation among Ipomoea species. 
  • Genetic divergence causes parallel evolution of flower color in Chilean Mimulus. 
  • Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana: I. Pleiotropy contributes to genetic correlations among ecological traits. 
  • How petals change their spots: cis-regulatory re-wiring in Clarkia (Onagraceae). 
  • Identification of major quantitative trait loci underlying floral pollination syndrome divergence in Penstemon. 
  • Identification of two genes causing reinforcement in the Texas wildflower Phlox drummondii. 
  • Influence of pollen transport dynamics on sire profiles and multiple paternity in flowering plants. 
  • Is floral diversification associated with pollinator divergence? Flower shape, flower colour and pollinator preference in Chilean Mimulus. 
  • Is floral specialization an evolutionary dead-end? Pollination system transitions in Ruellia (Acanthaceae). 
  • Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from the flowers and bark of Eucalyptus trees in India. 
  • Lessons from flower colour evolution on targets of selection. 
  • Life history in a model system: opening the black box with Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Life-history QTLS and natural selection on flowering time in Boechera stricta, a perennial relative of Arabidopsis. 
  • Major QTLs for critical photoperiod and vernalization underlie extensive variation in flowering in the Mimulus guttatus species complex. 
  • Major flowering time gene, flowering locus C, regulates seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Maternal vernalization and vernalization-pathway genes influence progeny seed germination. 
  • Minor quantitative trait loci underlie floral traits associated with mating system divergence in Mimulus. 
  • Modeling daily flowering probabilities: expected impact of climate change on Japanese cherry phenology. 
  • Molecular signatures of selection on reproductive character displacement of flower color in Phlox drummondii. 
  • Morning glory as a powerful model in ecological genomics: tracing adaptation through both natural and artificial selection. 
  • Multiplexed shotgun genotyping resolves species relationships within the North American genus Penstemon. 
  • Natural soil microbes alter flowering phenology and the intensity of selection on flowering time in a wild Arabidopsis relative. 
  • Natural variation, differentiation, and genetic trade-offs of ecophysiological traits in response to water limitation in Brachypodium distachyon and its descendent allotetraploid B. hybridum (Poaceae). 
  • Niche construction through phenological plasticity: life history dynamics and ecological consequences. 
  • Nitric oxide represses the Arabidopsis floral transition. 
  • Parallel evolution at multiple levels in the origin of hummingbird pollinated flowers in Ipomoea. 
  • Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contribute to advancing flowering phenology in response to climate change. 
  • Plastic breeding system response to day length in the California wildflower Mimulus douglasii. 
  • Pleiotropic effects of an allele producing white flowers in Ipomoea purpurea. 
  • Pleiotropic quantitative trait loci contribute to population divergence in traits associated with life-history variation in Mimulus guttatus. 
  • Pleiotropy in the wild: the dormancy gene DOG1 exerts cascading control on life cycles. 
  • Pollen limitation and natural selection on floral characters in the yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus guttatus. 
  • Pollinator-mediated selection on flower color allele drives reinforcement. 
  • Population differentiation and plasticity in vegetative ontogeny: effects on life-history expression in Erysimum capitatum (Brassicaceae). 
  • Population genetics, pleiotropy, and the preferential fixation of mutations during adaptive evolution. 
  • Potential sites of bioactive gibberellin production during reproductive growth in Arabidopsis. 
  • Precise spatio-temporal regulation of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway leads to petal spot formation in Clarkia gracilis (Onagraceae). 
  • Predictability and irreversibility of genetic changes associated with flower color evolution in Penstemon barbatus. 
  • Predictable patterns of constraint among anthocyanin-regulating transcription factors in Ipomoea. 
  • Relaxed constraint and evolutionary rate variation between basic helix-loop-helix floral anthocyanin regulators in Ipomoea. 
  • Relaxed selection among duplicate floral regulatory genes in Lamiales. 
  • SNP-skimming: A fast approach to map loci generating quantitative variation in natural populations. 
  • Seed after-ripening and dormancy determine adult life history independently of germination timing. 
  • Selection for character displacement is constrained by the genetic architecture of floral traits in the ivyleaf morning glory. 
  • Selection through female fitness helps to explain the maintenance of male flowers. 
  • Selection through male function favors smaller floral display size in the common morning glory Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulaceae). 
  • Selfing, Local Mate Competition, and Reinforcement. 
  • Spatially and temporally varying selection on intrapopulation quantitative trait loci for a life history trade-off in Mimulus guttatus. 
  • Strong reinforcing selection in a Texas wildflower. 
  • Testing the optimal defense hypothesis in nature: Variation for glucosinolate profiles within plants. 
  • The autonomous flowering-time pathway pleiotropically regulates seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • The cost of reinforcement: selection on flower color in allopatric populations of Phlox drummondii. 
  • The evolution of intrinsic reproductive isolation in the genus Cakile (Brassicaceae). 
  • The evolutionary dynamics of self-incompatibility systems. 
  • The extent and genetic basis of phenotypic divergence in life history traits in Mimulus guttatus. 
  • The genetic architecture of local adaptation and reproductive isolation in sympatry within the Mimulus guttatus species complex. 
  • The genetic basis of a flower color polymorphism in the common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea). 
  • The role of male flowers in andromonoecious species: energetic costs and siring success in Solanum carolinense L. 
  • Transcriptional networks controlling plant development. 
  • Two genetic changes in cis-regulatory elements caused evolution of petal spot position in Clarkia. 
  • Unifying genetic canalization, genetic constraint, and genotype-by-environment interaction: QTL by genomic background by environment interaction of flowering time in Boechera stricta. 
  • Variation and fitness costs for tolerance to different types of herbivore damage in Boechera stricta genotypes with contrasting glucosinolate structures.